guests to stay away, amusement facilities, ski resorts are closed from one day to the other. The tourism industry recorded as unemployed, short-time workers and large losses. According to a study of the Valais University of Economics, HES-SO she loses a Hotel in a cut of between 260‘000 and 280‘000 Swiss francs in March, April and may. A loss of three-quarters of the power in the sum of a million francs.
The study is representative. Over 2000 companies participated in the survey. Every fourth company comes from the para-hotel sector – i.e. facilities that offer hotels, but no hotel accommodation. 41% of the Hotels. An extrapolation to the whole hotel landscape of Switzerland results in a decline in Sales of 1.3 to 1.9 billion Swiss francs.
“projected To the whole tourism industry, one must assume that revenue losses in the amount of 6.4 billion”, according to the study. The Figures confirm earlier reports.
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The Situation is dramatic. “The probability of bankruptcy is estimated in the cut to 19 per cent”. The biggest risk with 36 percent in Ticino. Companies from the gastronomy and the hotel industry are at there worst. Better, even if bad, is the Paradise hotel and the mountain Railways.
“mountain Railways thwarted”: this is also the conclusion of Switzerland tourism is. In a communication of Friday, the marketing organization writes that the ski resorts being a kid showing off by the end of February, a good balance sheet. The number of First-time students was about ten per cent above the average for the last five years.
“has stopped The subsequent decommissioning of this Trend, rigorously and provides the railway undertakings with its 13’000 employees, is faced with major challenges, which will also be met with short-time work.” Some companies have enacted a freeze on investments.
Good January and February
The closure of the ski resorts also forced all Swiss ski schools, cease operation. According to our own survey of Swiss Snowsports, the umbrella Federation of Swiss ski schools expects, from March to the end of the season with a loss of Sales of about 15 million Swiss francs.
Still flows is unknown, the exact consequences for the visit. The data for February showed up – despite the absence of China-guests. The hotel stays climbed by 6.4 percent to 3.31 million. Both Swiss as well as foreign guests slept more frequently in the local Hotels.
in January, the number of overnight stays rose by 6.3 per cent in the height. Overall, the overnight Stays increased in the first two months in 2020, up 6.4 percent to 6.3 million, as the Federal office for statistics (BFS) announced on Friday on the basis of provisional results. But: in the March-statistics of the break-in follows. Even worse, it will be in April. (ise)
